Garter.



l. W. SMITH & G. B. CANNON, JR.

GARTER.

APPLICATION men NOV. t. I915.

, 1202,112. Patented 0@1;.-24,191.6.

I? Invncors 0 George 5. Gznnon V0156 & mz ismfl "Car M raf le .TosEPH WILMOT SMITH, on NEW YORK, AND GEORGE E. oANNoN, JR, or BROOKLYN,

NEW YoEK, ASSIGN'ORS '1 O GARTER PLATE co. Inc, on NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPO- RATION OF NEW YORK.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JosEPH WILMOT SMITH and GEORGE B. CANNON, Jr., citizens of the United States, residing at New York city and Brooklyn, respectively, in the counprovide a garter of very simple but sanitary construction which can be produced at a very low cost of manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to produce a garter which is very sanitary and which is of a very neat and attractive ap vent its becoming caught in the trouser leg of the limb carrying the garter.

Further objects of the invention'will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists in the general combination of parts and details hereinafter described, all of which contribute to produce an efficient garter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following specification,

while the broad scope of the invention is' pointed out in the'appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 1s a perspectlve of a garter embodying our invention. Fig. I

2 is a front elevation of the engaging member removed from the sleeve. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the engaging member and sleeve attached together but disconnected from the band of the garter. Fig. 4 is a perspective showingthe upper portion of the garter and illustrating another manner of attaching the band tothe engaging member.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the sleeve'of the garter. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the lower part of the garter to illustrate details of the engaging means.

Specification of Letters Patent.

GAR'IER.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Application filed. November 1, 1915. Serial No. 59,012.

The garter preferably comprises a band 10 which is adapted to encircle the limb. This band operates to support an engaging member 11 which is formed at its lower end wlth engaging means for engaging the hose and at its upper end with means for attachmg the engaging member to the band. This engaging member is preferably formed of wire and preferably of a single piece of wire which comprises two side bars 12, the lower ends of which are bent up so as toform hooks 13 for engaging the hose. The upper ends of the bars 12 are connected integrally and are bent so as to form an attaching head 14 which may be readily secured to the band 10. This attaching head is preferably formed by bending the wire so as to form an integral bifurcated tongue 15 which projects downwardly from the upper end of the member and this tongue is preferably substantially parallel with the side bars 12. These side bars 12 preferably are slightly curved so that they normally tend to assume the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and the ma terial of the wire is preferably slightly resilient.

The engaging member 11 is preferably re- When the sleeve is on the engaging member, its lower end constrains the side bars 12, but their resiliency holds them as far apart as the lower endof the sleeve will permit, see Fig. 3.

The sleeve 16 is of such a length that its upper end receives and envelops the lower end of the tongue 15. \Vhen the sleeve is in position, on the engaging member, there will be formed by the cooperation of the upper end of the sleeveand the engaging head 14, two closed eyes 17, andthese eyes are disposed respectively on opposite sides of the tongue 15.

Inflorder to attach the ends 18 of the band,

we simply thread them through the eyes 17 in succession, and in such a way that the ends overlap and extend in opposite direcband overlap in such a way that the tongue is visible from the front. This clearly shows the construction of the garter. However, if desired, the ends of :the band may be threaded through the engaging head 14: in

i an opposite manner so that the tongue 15 is hidden and only the side bars 12 remain visible, see Fig, 4. This arrangement gives the garter a neater app arance, but for the purpose of illustration it does not disclose the construction'of the engaging member as clearly as the arrangement shown in Fig. l. 7 On account of the resiliency of the engaging member 11 it evidently fits snugly in the sleeve 15 When the parts are all assembled, evidently the hooks l3 prevent the sleeve from moving downwardly on the engaging memberand the band 10 prevents the sleeve from working upwardly.

The sleeve is preferably formed so that it has some stiffness and hence it will maintain its shape, although the constrained side bars tend to assume a slight bowv shape as indicated by the dotted lines 12 in Fig. 3. It is evident that the engaging member and sleeve can be constructed at a very low cost indeed, and when attached to the band,

cooperate with the band to produce a verysimple and efiicient garter of neat appearance. 7

If the garter is worn ona bare limb, the sleeve prevents the principal portion of the wire from comingin contact with the flesh, and the attached ends of the band particularly when attached as in Fig. 4 prevent the upper end of the wire from touching the flesh. a V 7 It is understood that the embodiment of the invention set forth herein is only one of the many embodiments or forms the invention may take, and we do not wish to be limited in the practice of the invention nor in our claims to the particular embodiment set forth.- And we may use any feature of our invention without the other features.

-The engaging means or hooks 13 are preferably constructed so that they will not tend'to become caught in the trouser leg worn on the same limb with the garter.

For this purpose the points of the hooks 13 are preferably turned inwardly (see Fig. 6')

in such a way as to form a shoulder 13 on 'each hook which operates to hold off the;

Copies of this. patent may beobtained for member having a tongue projectingdownwardly from the upper end thereof between said side bars, a band to encircle the limb having its ends threaded between said tongue and said side bars to support said member on the limb, and a sleeve surrounding said member having its upper end. disposed adjacent to said band and its lower end adjacent tosaid engaging means.

2. An attachment for securing a garter band to hose, consisting of a member with two side bars having engaging means at their lower ends for engaging the hose, said member having tongue projecting down-- wa-rdly from and supported solely from the upper end thereof between said side bars, to provide means for attaching the same'to the garter band, a sleeve surrounding. said n'iemberhaving its upper end disposed adjacent to said band enveloping the lower end of said tongue, and having its lower end adjacent to said engaging means.

3. An attachment for, securingfa garter bandto hose, consisting of a member formed of wire bent to form two side bars with their lower ends bent to form hooks to engage the hose, said member. having a tongue formed at the upper ends of said barsand integral with said bars, said tongue proiecting downwardly between said side bars, to engage the garter band, and a sleeve surr-ounding said member having its upper end dis osed adjacent to the band, enveloping the lower end of said tongue, and having its lower end adjacent to said books.

4:. An attachment for securing a garter band to hose, consisting of a member with two side bars having en aging means at J OQEPH WILMOI SMITH. GEORGE B. CANNON, JR.

I Witnesses:

SAML. TRIMBLE, GEORGE W. ROTELFORD.

five cents eachflny addressing the- Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. 

